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Paperback. In this worldwide survey of the 1930s, Brendon examines the great powers and their leaders and investigates how, and how far, contemporary minds knew what they knew, and the extent to which our own view of the time is fogged by their uncertainty. He illuminates a period when the world was struggling with one crisis and hurtling towards another. Num Pages: 752 pages, 24pp b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New e.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712667142
- ISBN
- 9780712667142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Hardcover. Many anthropological accounts of warfare in indigenous societies have described the taking of heads or other body parts as trophies. But almost nothing is known of the prevalence of trophy-taking of this sort in the armed forces of contemporary nation-states. This book is a history of this type of misconduct among military personnel.. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516. Hunting and the Enemy Body in Modern War. 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Many anthropological accounts of warfare in indigenous societies have described the taking of heads or other body parts as trophies. But almost nothing is known of the prevalence of trophy-taking of this sort in the armed forces of contemporary nation-states. This book is a history of this type of misconduct among military personnel. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBW; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454980
- ISBN
- 9780857454980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.64
€ 162.64
Paperback. At least 130,000 Irish - from north and south - served during the Second World War. Seven thousand never returned. In this poignant yet detailed book, award winning author Neil Richardson documents veterans' stories with personal interviews, military records, diaries and letters. Num Pages: 352 pages, 120 black & white halftones, 1 index, 1 biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847172976
- ISBN
- 9781847172976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Conteh-Morgan, John. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; HPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643899
- ISBN
- 9780816643899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Uses an ethnographic example of ritual violence to illuminate cultural expression more widely and thereby reformulate anthropological and historical approaches to warfare and violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 b&w photos, and 4 photo color insert. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HRLK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329886
- ISBN
- 9780822329886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.79
€ 42.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HREP; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559393119
- ISBN
- 9781559393119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.17
€ 33.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199387434
- ISBN
- 9780199387434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. The companion volume to Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks 1 carries more of the in-depth stories of aircraft crashes in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District. The history of flying is told by way of the crash sites, where to this day piles of rusting metal still exist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wharncliffe Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780850523362
- ISBN
- 9780850523362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.29
€ 15.99
€ 11.29
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- EUROSPAN
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813221564
- ISBN
- 9780813221564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.50
€ 51.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPFM; JPHF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925228847
- ISBN
- 9781925228847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Paperback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359388
- ISBN
- 9780822359388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026189
- ISBN
- 9780268026189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061561
- ISBN
- 9780252061561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Examines the evolution of 'green religions' in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. This book provides a global tour of the green religious phenomenon, enabling readers to evaluate its worldwide emergence and to assess its role in a religious revolution. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAC; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504. Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future. 360 pages, illustrations. Examines the evolution of 'green religions' in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. This book provides a global tour of the green religious phenomenon, enabling readers to evaluate its worldwide emergence and to assess its role in a religious revolution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAC; HRQ. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261006
- ISBN
- 9780520261006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Treats the question of interpreting difficult texts of the Bible that seem to shock our modern understanding of God and religious ideas. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Paulist Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809147960
- ISBN
- 9780809147960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.96
€ 21.99
€ 19.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Srigley, Susan. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGR; DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041380
- ISBN
- 9780268041380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PSAF; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177528
- ISBN
- 9780231177528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.48
€ 36.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- University Of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517901332
- ISBN
- 9781517901332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.17
€ 13.17
Paperback. The end of First World War saw old empires swept away and opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. This title overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of twentieth century. It tells the story of a century of division, charting struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind. Num Pages: 512 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140241594
- ISBN
- 9780140241594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. Examines eight women's stories in the Bible, demonstrating how later readers interact with the stories to construct sometimes fanciful, sometimes faulty views of these women. This book helps broaden our awareness of the influence of these later readings on how we understand biblical women. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1; HRLM7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567027474
- ISBN
- 9780567027474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.63€ 77.70
€ 84.63
€ 77.70